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Full title reads: "NEWS IN A NUTSHELL". The item contains a collection of the short world's news.

PREPARATIONS FOR CORONATION MEDALS

London.

Several shots of the building, could be the Buckingham palace. Close up shots of the 'prototypes' of the Coronation Medals, which will be available from the banks. One has profile of the King George VI and the other Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). Close up shot of another 'prototype' with the profiles of a royal couple together.

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AIR DISASTER IN SCOTLAND

Nr Newton-Stewart, Scotland.

Various hots of the wreckage of the news plane with people carrying stretchers with bodies covered with white sheets from the place where the plane crashed.

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FLOODS IN THE U.S.

United States of America (USA).

Various shots of the flooded streets and the countryside in Kentucky and other parts of America. Various shots of the refugees. A woman with a child in her arms cries and says that she cannot find her husband.

Some of the identical footage is found in the Pathe Gazettes issue 37/8 on Pathe Master tape *PM0909* - Film ID 909.41 in story U.S. FLOODS (U.S. STRIKE & U.S. FLOODS - Cuts).

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PILGRIM TO MECCA

Algiers.

Various shots of the masses of pilgrims boarding the ship to go to pilgrimage to Moslems' Holy City Mecca. Some of the pilgrims cannot board the ship and police pushes them back.

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SCENES FROM SPAIN

Madrid, Spain.

Various shots of the men working in the ammunitions factory in Madrid. Various shots of the men and women making guns, bombs, ammunition etc.

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WEDDINGS IN LONDON

London.

Bride and groom leaving the church after the wedding. They pose for the photographs and then walk away. Bridesmaids carrying wheat instead of flowers follow the couple.

Another bride and groom leaving the church after the wedding. A man putting "L Just Married" sign on back of the newly married couple's car. Bride and groom get into car and drive off.

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JEDBURGH HAND BAA GAME

Jedburgh, Scotland.

People putting bars on windows and shop windows. wicket baskets on the street lamps - putting up defences preparing for the 'Hand Baa Game'. Various shots of the crowds of people jumping, pushing and running, throwing baa around - looks like a rough game without rules.

A turbine driven train, the Admiral's new barge, Pearly Kings and Queens, mechanised pub darts, a fire in Docklands, Italian cavalry and tank manoeuvres, a children's Grand Prix, the crowing of the queen of Galloway and the annual pilgrimage to St. Brigid.

International news stories in brief - Foundation stone laying with Masonic ritual, King of Italy's birthday celebrated, Seaham Harbour election, international horse show in New York, hurricane in Florida, floods in France.

International news stories in brief - Oxford and Cambridge at Twickenham, Fat Stock Show at Thame, German locomotives old and new, Duke of York at Coventry, Surrey air liner crashes, President Roosevelt carves a Turkey.

News in brief from around the World. (CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANDOWN PARK, TORPIDS AT OXFORD, ETON COLLEGE STEEPLECHASE, WATERLOO CUP, QUEENSWOOD GIRLS' SCHOOL FIRE, WAR ACTIVITIES IN ITALY, DIVERS IN LONDON DOCKS, POLISH GIANT IN LONDON, OXFORD UNIVERSITY POINT TO POINT, STAKHANOV - RUSSIAN COAL MINER )

News in a Nutshell - hurricane damage in America, Amateur Open Golf Championship, train crash in Lourdes, pilots in Portsmouth, Sarah Churchill in New York, and Princess Mary opening Girls' Grammar School in Bradford.

News in brief from around the World. (BISHOP OF BARKING DEDICATES NEW CHAPEL AT DR. BARNARDOS NAUTICAL SCHOOL, CAPTAIN PEEL'S DAUGHTER MARRIED AT EASTLEIGH, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY AT MERTON ABBEY, OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE TRIAL EIGHTS AT HENLEY AND ELY, SAFETY GOT CYCLISTS CAMPAIGN IN BERLIN, LAUNCH OF ITALIAN SUBMARINES, MAKING CHRISTMAS PUDDING ON THE TRAINING SHIP WARSPITE, NEWS FROM SPAIN - VALENCIA AND BARCELONA)